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Cyprinodontidae

Known as: Killifishes, Pupfishes 
Small oviparous fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, usually striped or barred black. They are much used in mosquito control.
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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Adaptive introgression from distant Caribbean islands contributed to the diversification of a microendemic adaptive radiation of trophic specialist pupfishes
Rapid diversification often involves complex histories of gene flow that leave variable and conflicting signatures of… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Combined otolith morphology and morphometry for assessing taxonomy and diversity in fossil and extant killifish (Aphanius, †Prolebias)
Systematic assignment of fossil otoliths is virtually always based on studies of otolith morphology and subsequent comparisons… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Rapid concerted evolution in animal mitochondrial DNA
Recombinational genetic processes are thought to be rare in the uniparentally inherited mitochondrial (mt) DNA molecules of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Influence of hydrogeographic history and hybridization on the distribution of genetic variation in the pupfishes Cyprinodon atrorus and C. bifasciatus
The evolutionary importance of hybridization in animals has been subject of much debate. In this study, we examined the influence… 
2004
2004
Variation in vasotocin immunoreactivity in the brain of recently isolated populations of a death valley pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Closing of the Tethys Sea and the phylogeny of Eurasian killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)
Abstract To test vicariant speciation hypotheses derived from geological evidence of the closing of the Tethys Sea, we… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The winner and loser effect: integrating multiple experiences
An important question in state-dependent behaviour is how multiple influences on state are integrated to determine current… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The evolution of copulatory organs, internal fertilization, placentae and viviparity in killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes) inferred from a DNA phylogeny of the tyrosine kinase gene X-src
Cyprinodontiforms are a diverse group of approximately 900 pantropical and temperate fishes, mostly found in freshwater. Whereas… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Relationships of Oryzias, and the groups of atherinomorph fishes
Newly discovered evidence, particularly that pertaining to the gill arch skeleton and hyoid apparatus, indicates that… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
The relationships and taxonomic position of the halfbeaks, killifishes, silversides, and their relatives. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 127, article 5
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